Have you heard? 2026 is the new 2016. At least, that's what it feels like if you've been scrolling through social media ...

The "2026 is the new 2016" trend has many, including celebrities like John Legend and Reese Witherspoon, sharing photos from ...

Country music is built on its songwriting. But some songs are so good that they remain well-known, even several years later. These four songs all came out in 2016. Many years later, they are still ...

Looking back at the year in music, it was very much a “Golden” age. But, demon hunting aside, did it also count as golden with a small G? As we dived through our favorite music of 2025 to consider ...

Members of the music branch culled this shortlist of 15 songs from a master list of 65 eligible songs. By Paul Grein “Golden,” the megahit from KPop Demon Hunters, and two songs each from Sinners and ...

Country music has songs for every life situation, from celebrations to sorrow. But the genre especially has songs for someone who is going through a breakup. These three country songs from 2016 will ...

Listen to 48 tracks that broke new artists, blew apart genres and revived beloved sounds. By Jon Caramanica and Lindsay Zoladz Jon Caramanica On the one hand, living in an environment in which sounds ...

Rivals star Danny Dyer is to read a CBeebies Bedtime Story encouraging children to speak up about their feelings telling them “everybody cries”. The 48-year-old former EastEnders actor will read ...

This was one wild year for music — as the late, great Ozzy would say, it was a crazy train. In 2025, you never knew where your next favorite song was coming from. Some of the year’s best songs were ...

A campaign to get a Radio 1 newsreader a slot on CBeebies Bedtime Stories got a royal boost from the Prince and Princess of Wales. Newsbeat presenter Calum Leslie had been told he could record an ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Pop music was not at all safe this year from the encroachments of an AI industry determined to slop-ify everything ...

This year’s outstanding tracks – from post-punk rap to indie-disco and operatic pop – as voted for by 30 Guardian music writers 20 Over a pared-back post-punk beat, Simz details her life’s “genius ...